How to validate Money in Laravel5 request class

Question

My Validation class looks like this

<?php

namespace App\Http\Requests;

use App\Http\Requests\Request;

class PaymentRequest extends Request
{
    /**
     * Determine if the user is authorized to make this request.
     *
     * @return bool
     */
    public function authorize()
    {
        return true;
    }

    /**
     * Get the validation rules that apply to the request.
     *
     * @return array
     */
    public function rules()
    {
        $rules = array(

                       'invoiceid'=>'required',
                       'recieved_amount'=>'required',
                       'ref_no'=>'required',
                       'date'=>'required',
                       'comment'=>'required'
                       );


    }
}

I want to validate recieved_amount as Money field Like if anything other than money is entered it should be validated

Can any one help me in this

Answer 1

You can use this, for example (being 'amount' the money quantity):

public static $rules = array(
  'amount' => "required|regex:/^\d+(\.\d{1,2})?$/"
));

The regex will hold for quantities like '12' or '12.5' or '12.05'. If you want more decimal points than two, replace the "2" with the allowed decimals you need.